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I still can't see how the film suggests that Deckard is a replicant. Maybe the fact that he definitely isn't in the book, stops me seeing the possibility.

Replicants have their memories and dreams pre-programmed. These pre-programs are known about by those working in the replicant industry.

In the film Deckard has a dream about an unicorn. Later on, one of the policemen who has asked Deckard to take on the assignment, and who has a habit of making origami 'doodles', leaves a paper unicorn at Dekkard's appartment, having previously commented, somewhat cryptically, to Dekkard after killing the last rogue replicant that "that's a Man's job you have done". Why would he say that if Deckard wasn't himself a replicant and not a man?

Nah, still don't buy it. Someone is reaching for answers to an unnecessary question. A bit like conspiracy theories. The other replicants are much stronger than him. Why, if his job is retiring replicants, would they not make him stronger than them or at least as strong?

The teaser trailer looks brilliant and retains many of the elements of the original -crowded streets, excellent lighting and , as Gaz pointed out, a music score similar to the original.
I cannot wait......

Nah, still don't buy it. Someone is reaching for answers to an unnecessary question. A bit like conspiracy theories. The other replicants are much stronger than him. Why, if his job is retiring replicants, would they not make him stronger than them or at least as strong?

The question of whether Deckard is intended to be a human or a replicant has been an ongoing controversy since the film's release.[27] Both Michael Deeley and Harrison Ford wanted Deckard to be human while Hampton Fancher preferred ambiguity.[28] Ridley Scott has confirmed that in his vision Deckard is a replicant.[29][30]

Deckard's unicorn dream sequence, inserted into the Director's Cut, coinciding with Gaff's parting gift of an origami unicorn is seen by many as showing that Deckard is a replicant – as Gaff could have accessed Deckard's implanted memories. The interpretation that Deckard is a replicant is challenged by others who believe the unicorn imagery shows that the characters, whether human or replicant, share the same dreams and recognize their affinity, or that the absence of a decisive answer is crucial to the film's main theme. The inherent ambiguity and uncertainty of the film, as well as its textual richness, have permitted viewers to see it from their own perspectives.

Nah, still don't buy it. Someone is reaching for answers to an unnecessary question. A bit like conspiracy theories. The other replicants are much stronger than him. Why, if his job is retiring replicants, would they not make him stronger than them or at least as strong?

If they don't want him to know he is a replicant, his having super-human strength and dexterity would be a dead giveaway.

The Vangelis score really did the original justice and is superb on vinyl. There does seem to be a nod to Vangelis in the new trailer, wonder why they didn't ask him to compose stuff for the new film.?

If they don't want him to know he is a replicant, his having super-human strength and dexterity would be a dead giveaway.

Then why set him up as a replicant retirer if he is at a disadvantage? Just makes no sense. I trust Philip K Dick. He wrote the story after all. If the film producers see different things in it then fine but I'm stuck with the original vision and am not for turning...well, apart from wood anyway.